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Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)

Hi,

John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.

I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.

With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.

I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.

If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.

I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.

I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.

Thank you
Darragh Sherwin

Leaves In The Aquarium

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23 Sep 2014 12:38 #1 by Homer (Kevin)

The Glass is always greener on the other side.


It's NOT "Chee lick", NOT "Chee Chee Licks"!!! Cichlids is pronounced as "Sick Lids"!!!!!

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23 Sep 2014 14:27 #2 by Aroshni (Lydia Olivera)
Nice article, I've been adding oak dead leaves since Lemonjelly told me about them. I put leaves in all my tanks and both tylomelanias and shrimps eat them.

Will be Acer leaves as beneficial as others?

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23 Sep 2014 15:23 #3 by Homer (Kevin)
They all contain tannins and on decomposition will cause many microorganisms to grow on their surfaces so free food and humic acid which can only be good but I would strip the leaves of petioles.

Kev.

The Glass is always greener on the other side.


It's NOT "Chee lick", NOT "Chee Chee Licks"!!! Cichlids is pronounced as "Sick Lids"!!!!!

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23 Sep 2014 15:33 #4 by Aroshni (Lydia Olivera)

They all contain tannins and on decomposition will cause many microorganisms to grow on their surfaces so free food and humic acid which can only be good but I would strip the leaves of petioles.

Kev.


Ok Kev, will do then as soon as the fall of leaves start

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23 Sep 2014 16:44 #5 by Homer (Kevin)

They all contain tannins and on decomposition will cause many microorganisms to grow on their surfaces so free food and humic acid which can only be good but I would strip the leaves of petioles.

Kev.


Ok Kev, will do then as soon as the fall of leaves start


Best place to get them is in the middle of the Phoenix Park as they don't use herbicides or pesticides there.

Kev.

The Glass is always greener on the other side.


It's NOT "Chee lick", NOT "Chee Chee Licks"!!! Cichlids is pronounced as "Sick Lids"!!!!!

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23 Sep 2014 20:04 #6 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
Good read Kev. I always use catappa leaves in my tanks. Alto i must collect some local leaves this autumn instead of spending money on ebay

Eric

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23 Sep 2014 23:18 #7 by Miamiheat (Stephane Lemaire)

They all contain tannins and on decomposition will cause many microorganisms to grow on their surfaces so free food and humic acid which can only be good but I would strip the leaves of petioles.

Kev.


Ok Kev, will do then as soon as the fall of leaves start


Best place to get them is in the middle of the Phoenix Park as they don't use herbicides or pesticides there.

Kev.


so Lydia next time you come over we'll take a trip to the Phoenix park

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